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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 71, 23 March 1918, Page 4

Following is the official weather forecast for .24 hours from 9 a,m. this day: ] "The indications are for moderate to strong southerly winds, with a westerly tendency. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather. The night will probably, be very cold. The barometer has a rising tendency, but falling on or about Monday, next. Seas moderate. Tides good." An Auckland boy, writing from France to a relative, mentions that when the Germans made a surprise attack on the trench he was in they did it under cover of sheets carried in advance, which looked white the same as the snow, and hid the operations until the rush was made. The Whangarei county chairman has received notification to the effect that a grant of £500 free money, and £250 ( £ for £ vote) is now available for expenditure on the Weka Valley road, on condition that plans 'and specifications for the proposed works are first submitted to the Public Works Office for approval. No doubt the County Council will expedite the commencement of this important work, so that the necessary improvement may be carried out before another winter sets in. The Birkdale Fruitgrowers' Association last night appointed a deputation to bring several matters under the notice of the Birkenhead Council, including the improvement of Birkdale roads and footpaths, and to protest against the levying of a sanitary rate over the whole borough; when a portion of: the district is not covered by the service. Tho secretary of the Whangape Timber Company, Mr. W. R. Patcrson, has ■been supplied with the particulars of the accident whereby Captain Lang, the company's manager at Whangape, met with his death at Whangape on Wednesday last. Captain Lang, along with the company's rafting contractor, Mr. John Harrison, was watching the process of moving some logs down a hill to the Rotokalcahi River, a distance of 600 feet wnen the last log going down the chute struck a tree-stump, and, deviating, flew towards the two men, crushing Captair Lang. Death was instantaneous.

A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Association waited on the Minister for Justice at Christchurch complaining- of the remarks by Mr. Evans, S.M., while acting as chairman of the Canterbury Military Service Board. Mr. Evans is reported to have said: "We look upon hotelkeepers not only as nonessential, but as more or less an evil." Tile deputation asked the Minister . whether he would make inquiry and .ascertain if Mr. Evans had been correctly repoTted.;; ;T,he. said he would submit the matter to the magistrate for, his remarks, and added that he "would 1 communicate with the deputation later, j Lieut. A. C. C- Hunter, who has been j awarded the Military Cross for gallantry j on the field oi action, is the fourth youngest son of Mr. R. Hunter and Ml'S:* E. G. Hunter, Fairlight, Katikati, Bay of Plenty. Lieut. A. C. C. Hunter was educated-at St. John's Collegiate School, the Pah, Auckland. For several years he was on the staff of the National Bank of New Zealand. He enlisted in the 10th Reinforcements, and left New Zealand as second lieutenant in the 16th Reinforcements. He was slightly wounded at Messines. but rejoined his unit in a very short time. He is a good all-round athlete. At a meeting of the Thames Chamber of Commerce the question of dealing with surplus fish was again referred to, several letters being received on the subject from Auckland and local firms. It was decided to refer the. matter to a committee for consideration. The probable outcome will be a company to deal not only with surplus fish, but to utilise all waste products for the manufacture of fertilisers. It -was' decided to bring under the notice of the Minister of Justice when he visits Thames the necessity for a constable to be stationed at Kerepeehi, on the Plains. The Minister of Lands is also to he pressed to continue drainage operations on the Plains, and the question of. purchasing Orongo estate for soldiers' settlements is to be brought under the Minister's notice. The Minister of Marine had an important question .before him, yesterday, concerning the dependents of the men of the Wainiiia, now interned in Germany. He met the general manager of the Union Steamship Company,, the owners of the vessel, and arranged with him. that the company shall make provisional payments to the dependents. The manager will at once instruct branches of the company throughout New Zealand to investigate claims and pay where necessary V.so as to avoid any hardships which might arise during the period which must elapse until application forms for assistacc. propcrlv signed, arrive in New Zealand. The Union Company has also arranged' with its London office to send weekly parcels to the interned men, as well as small allowances of cash. Evidently the men who have gone to the front "are learning the conditions existing in other parts, of our Empire. A letter received by mail to-day from a soldier in France states:—"l have been learning a lot about the splendid land policy of Canada. It is one New.Zealand should go in for. Even .before the war the Canadian Government gave every, man who deposited £2 an area of IGO acres of first-class land, and the conditions of tenure are exceptionally easy, as money is lent free of interest. Now Canada is. offering her gallant soldiers even better terms.- Wake up New Zealand. I saw in. a paper that out of 9,000 men who had returned only 342 had taken to the land. That is a disgrace." The Master Grocers' Association notify by advertisement that, owing to stringent war conditions, terms of purchase have been fixed as follow:—Cash with orders or on delivery of goods, but approved customers may arrange for weekly or monthly accounts. • Mie. Chaffe, the wife of the mailman at Marima, near, Pahiatua, was burnt very severely about the body while lighting- a fire. It is understood that she mistook benzine for kerosene. She has ibeen removed to the'hospital, the latest report being that her condition ia cr ; tical. Alexander Gray, well known in scholastic and Rugby circles in Canterbury, died in the Christchurch Hospital yesterday, of wounds received in action in France. The Bohemian Orchestra announce an increase in their' members' subscriptionowing to the amusement tax. ■ ■- ' r~.

A peculiar affiliation case, two of I settled by consent—were j dealt with in the Magistrate's Court by j Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., was that of a \ man named Archibald Chalmers, charged with paternity in respect of the child of a woman deserted by her husband some years ago. She lived in Wellington for six months or so with the defendant, and the child, born in August, 1915, had been supported by him for nine months after its birth. After hearing voluminous evidence disclosing" an important conflict regarding dates, his Worship adjourned the case until to-day. In dismissing the application the magistrate made the following trenchant remarks: "I would have been pleased, if the evidence had enabled mc, to make an order adjudging.the defendant father of the child. Any decent man would regard his conduct in helping a woman to lead an immoral life as most disgusting. For that reason I will dismiss the case, without. prejudice, and should circumstances arise that will enable a fresh application to be made it can be brought."

At a large meeting of the Soldiers' Mothers' League-held yesterday the following resolutions were passed: "That the League strongly supports the Mayor's attitude in enforcing better facilities for the landing of our returned soldiers; it also justifies.the Mayor's few words of welcome to the men on behalf of New Zealand, but it considers that the ' time and money spent in giving refresh-1 tnents to the men is entirely' unneces- j sary, and prolongs unduly the anxious ' wait' of the next-of-kin to meet their; ■boys." A question arose as to the parcels in bulk being traded with in France. It was decided to approach Sir Joseph Ward to ask why it takes six weeks for a.cable to be delivered in New Zealand from the time it is sent out from London. It was decided to approach the military authorities to ask if it is not possible to have one of the sheds belonging to the Harbour Board cleared to enable next-of-kin to iwait in on the return of the next transports with soldiers.. It was resolved: "That a high meed of praise to given to the organiser of the motor traffic, the carrying out of which was perfect." j

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